Everett, WA Property Maintenance: Snow & Sidewalk Clearing (2026)
Key Facts
- Clearing deadline
- By noon
- Responsible party
- Owner, agent, or occupant
- Default civil penalty
- $250 per violation, per day
- Covers
- Snow and ice, full sidewalk width
Summary
Everett, Washington property owners, agents, or occupants must clear snow and ice from the sidewalk fronting their building or lot by noon and keep it clean, under a Snohomish County city ordinance separate from state law.
The owner, agent, occupant or person in charge of each and every tenement, building or vacant property fronting upon or adjoining any street on which sidewalks exist shall clean by noon the sidewalk in front of or adjoining such building, or unoccupied lot or building, as the case may be, of snow or ice to the width of said sidewalk and cause the same to be kept clean from snow or ice.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 4194-26, passed July 29, 2026).
Full Breakdown
EMC 13.08.020 requires the owner, agent, occupant, or person in charge of any tenement, building, or vacant property fronting a street with sidewalks to clean the full width of the adjoining sidewalk of snow or ice by noon, and to keep it clean thereafter. This duty applies whether the lot is built, unoccupied, or a vacant parcel. Failure to comply is a code violation enforced under the citywide EMC Chapter 1.20 process, which authorizes a notice and order followed by civil penalties that default to $250 per violation per day the condition continues past the compliance date set in that notice.
Violations & Fines
A notice and order under EMC 1.20.120 can require snow/ice removal; continued noncompliance draws a civil penalty defaulting to $250 per violation per day under EMC 1.20.190, collectible as a lien against the property.
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